The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-13

A disaster occurred at the southwest
point of Channel harbor, st. Johns The
Glasgow steamship John Knox, laden
with liquors, bricks and rolling-stock.
struck the reels near Channel harbor and
sank in half an hour. Every one on board
persisted.
The storekeeper OF the wareho ouses known
as Almacencs de Deposteurs at Havana,
has disappeared. and is said to be u $4O0,-
600 defaulter.
AT London the royal commission on nr.
terial drainage has recommended the ex-
penditnre by thegovernment of 81, 1926, 900
in improving the river Shannon. 1915, 900
in improving the Barrow and SlO0, 900 in
improving the B.tnn.
The largest gas well in the world has just
been discovered at Fairmont, Ind. 1t is
flowing nearly IL, 900, 900 feet per day.
William j. Florence will erect IL costly
residence upon his $4,000 site in Wash
ington.
The comptroller OF the currency desig.
mated Chicago as n central reserve city un.
der the recent act OF congress.
Lieut.. Wilcox, accused of duplicating
pay accounts, and abandoning his post OF
duty without lenvc, wils arrnigned in court
martial at Fort Smelling, Capt S. n.
Groesbeck acting as advocate general. The
accused entered plea OF guilty. The trial
was continued day TO hear the defense
which will consist mainly OF the previous
good character OF Lieut.. Wilcox.
gentleman who has been in Washing
ton for some days says That he is certain
that Col. Colville OF Red Wing will be ap-
pointed register to succeed Marble, and
that either C. F. Maginnis of Morris or p.
II. Ruhilly OF Lake City will fill Swans
troms place in the Duluth land office. Col
vile has been indorsed by Mcdonald. vii.
son and Rice, and Mcdonald and Rice have
indorsed Maginnis also for receiver. Rahil.
ly was backed by Kelly and Doran for
some other place, and is travelling on these
credentials.
Another new bank has been added to
St. Paul. Hon. Albert Scheffer, for many
years with the Bank OF Minnesota, is pres.
iient OF the new bank. which is to be known
as the Commercial National Bank OF St.
Paul, and which has n capital stock OF
100000 The location is at the corner
| OF Fourth and Jackson.
General Passenger Agent Fee, OF the
Northern Pacific, has returned to St. Paul
from his trip to the coast. He made the
walking the gap OF about three miles OF the
uncompleted switchback on the western
side OF the mountains. He says that part
OF the road is one OF the best pieces ever
turned over to the operating department
by the engineering department OF the
Northern Pacific.
Hon. Gilbert McMicken, just returned to
Winnepeg from Ottawa, ,snyshe lenrnedthcre
fro n Sir j ohm Macdonald that he (Sir j ohn)
was to be raised to the peerage on June 81.
He sill be given seat in the house OF lords,
and will retire permanently from Canadian
politics. Sir Charles Topper dominion
finance minister, is to succeed him as lead
cr OF the Conservative party. The state.
mcnt is also made public that Sir John
Rose OF London, formerly Canadian cab.
met minister, is TO be raised the pcerago al
Sc.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, the wife OF
Charles Martin, young farmer, gave rat
/, poison to her children and took dose
| herself. The woman and elder child are
| dead. The other child will recover Mrs.
Martin had lived unhappily with her hus-
| band.
Tho Vermont Central Railway company
| find that they will have to pay about 81,
100000 on account OF the Forest Hills
bridge disaster in March.
In Cincinnati the new $500, 900 court
house, built to replace tho one destroyed
by a mob three years ago, is already in
process ofdisintegration through the fraud
ulent and grossly imperfect work of con.
tractors.
Among the letters received by the in
tcrstate commission was one from II. c..
Moore, who runs n big wooden toothpick
factory ut Fond du Lac, Wis. He com.
plnins that for Eastern factories wood
toothpicks are rated as from third to fifth
class freight, while II he desires to ship west
he has to shpby why OF Chicago, and his
product is rated first class. He prays for
relief. g. w. Neff, editor of the Crystal
Lake (Minn.,) Union writes to ask fit is
really true that editors must give up their
| passes. lie complains that the Omaha
has called in his annual
The sixth attempt in six months was
made to burn the Office OF the New York
zeiturg, The incendiary has not been dis.
| covered.
Frank Tully, formerly prosper GUS
| business man OF Rochester, N. Y, was ur.
rested in New York on a charge OF forgery
preferred by George Leaf. his iather in law.
| The prisoner, it is claimed, squandered
| 1000. ruined his inther and himself,
committed dozen forgeres or more, de-
| serted his vile and three children and as
sociated with fast women.
Senator Cullom CT H., in o letter to a
| friend in Washington says lie thinks the
| interstate commerce law win work its way
out nl right. He does not approhend a
collapse for ii. In the first place, the law
| as It passed vas not !ust as he desired it,
but it was the best that could be done.
| He ioresaw that its defects would become
apparent as soon rs it was put in opera
| tion, and this would lead to their correc.
tion; by the time congress meets it will be
well understood what corrections are need.
ed, and they will be made. He expects tho
| bill ultimately to affect all the good its
friends desired and looked for fran II,
| AT Helena. Mont, the other day soma
| twenty commercial travellers formed a con,
federation, Clipped in $40 each. and then
| selected one OF their number, j. u. Rhodes
| proceeded to arrest him for infringement oi
| the drummers' tax. The case came to tri.
al lasted five days, and was finally decid
ed in favor OF the drummer, the Judge hold
| ing that the recent decision oi the United
| States supreme court settled the question
oonc!usvely.
| Az Il Joint meeting OF coke workers and
kniyhts OF Labor at Everson Pa, it was
deciSed to Immediately stop work unti
the demand for an advance is granted
The strike will extend to all thr rycrks ir
Connelsvlle region. About $4,000 mer
| will be affected.
At Dixon, H., Henry =. Berker, one o.
Dixon's most prominent citizens, died o.
| paralysis. He was for years the leadin.
representative OF the milling interests, and
had held offices under the city govern
inent
/. The Catholic University oi America has
been Incorporated, the certificate o
incorporation being filed at the city hall
The university is established ito teacf
philosophy, theology, natural science
mathematics, hiatory, elss.lettres, an
eient and modern languages ihww Ind midi
cine
/ North Dakota board Of agriculture ha,
decided the location Of the first fair in ia
yor OF Grand Forks, accepting tue su.--
tee of $4,000 offered by thas "a IAN
!, Astns ',,, y i9s nj. ,..op weles, ., Wis. VIII
al Florida recuperuting his health
Bishop Brown, OF the diocese OF Fond d
Lac, has pronounced sentence OF depos
ton from the ministry upon Rev. w
Walker, late rector OF st. Matthias churcl
at Waukesha, Wis. Mr.. Walkers oiicns
consisted in going to Milwaukee II ie,
weeks ago and indulging in n spree.
4 Burton Fla, Special: Thomas A. Ed
son and n party OF eight friends had
narrow escape recently from being drown
cd ut Kissimmce Spring. two miles Iron
here, where they had gone on little pleas
ure excursion. While all were standing o.
n wharf running out into the lake til
structure gave way, precipitatins nil bu
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